- Subjects
- Published
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Leamington Spa :
In Easy Steps
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Third edition
- Item Description
- "For Windows & Mac."
Includes index. - Physical Description
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781840789362
- 1. The Working Environment
- The Home Screen
- New Document Dialog Box
- Document Setup
- The Working Environment
- The Tool Panel
- Opening Documents
- Zooming and Scrolling
- Workspaces and Panels
- The Control Panel
- Ruler Guides
- Saving Documents
- 2. Building Pages
- Creating Frames
- Selection Techniques
- Moving Objects
- Manually Resizing Objects
- Control and Transform Panels
- Lines
- Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear
- Smart Guides
- Live Corners
- 3. Text Basics
- Entering and Importing Text
- Basic Text Editing
- Highlighting Text
- Threading Text
- Understanding Text Threads
- Glyphs
- Special Characters and White Space
- Text Frame Options - Columns
- Text Frame Insets & Vertical Alignment
- 4. Character Settings
- Font, Size, Style
- Leading
- Kerning and Tracking
- Other Character Formatting Controls
- 5. Paragraph Settings
- Indents
- Space Before/Space After
- Alignment
- Drop Caps
- Hyphenation
- Paragraph Rules
- Bullet Points and Lists
- 6. Images and Graphic Frames
- Placing an Image
- Fitting Options
- Scaling and Cropping Images
- Stroking a Frame
- Image Links
- Managing Links
- Clipping Paths
- InDesign Clipping Paths
- 7. Arranging Objects
- Stacking Order
- Creating Layers
- Understanding Layers
- Moving Objects Between Layers
- Managing Layers
- Hiding and Locking Layers
- Grouping Objects
- Working with Groups
- Aligning Objects
- Distributing Objects
- Anchored Objects
- 8. Working with Color
- Filling and Stroking Objects
- The Swatches Panel
- Adding, Deleting and Editing Swatches
- The Color Panel
- Color Matching Systems
- Creating and Applying Gradients
- 9. Managing and Editing Text
- Spell Checking
- Adding Words to the Dictionary
- Finding and Changing Words
- Finding and Changing Basic Text Formatting
- Text Wrap
- Irregular Text Wrap
- Type on a Path
- 10. The Pages Panel and Master Pages
- The Pages Panel
- Inserting and Deleting Pages
- Setting Master Pages
- Automatic Page Numbering
- Overriding Master Page Objects
- 11. Paragraph and Character Styles
- Paragraph Styles
- Character Styles
- Applying and Editing Styles
- Copying Styles
- 12. Tables and Tabs
- Inserting a Table
- Adding and Deleting Rows/Columns
- Highlighting and Moving Techniques
- Resizing Columns and Rows
- Entering Content in Ceils
- Cell Controls - Text
- Cell Strokes, Borders and Fills
- Alternating Fills and Strokes
- Importing Tables
- Setting and Editing Tabs
- 13. Printing and Exporting
- Printing a Composite
- Live Preflight
- Package
- Exporting to PDF
- CC Libraries
- 14. Transformations and Transparency
- The Rotate Tool
- The Scale Tool
- The Shear Tool
- The Free Transform Tool
- Transparency and Blending
- Effects
- Gradient Feather Tool
- 15. Paths and the Pen Tool
- Points and Paths
- The Pen Tool
- Selecting and Manipulating Points
- Smooth and Corner Points
- Converting Points and Cutting Paths
- Pathfinder Commands
- Index